Novelty is not always the best policy: Inhibition of return and facilitation of return as a function of visual task

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 333-339

  Dodd, Michael D ^a   Van Der Stigchel, Stefan ^b   Hollingworth, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; VISION;

EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REACTION TIME; SACCADES; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 62349136124     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02294.x     Document Type: Article

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